Biblical tube



United States Patent Ofice 3,407,810 Patented Oct. 29, 1968 3,407,810BIBLICAL TUBE Lester L. Waldrep, 19410 Burt Road, Detroit, Mich. 48219Filed Nov. 12, 1965, Ser. No. 507,456 6 Claims. (Cl. 128-4455) ABSTRACTOF THE DISCLOSURE A biblical tube for use in mouthto-mouth resuscitationhaving a saliva trap at the victims end and offset mouthpieces.

This invention relates to an improved biblical tube for use inmouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is one of the oldest and best known methodsfor reviving victims of suffocation, drowning or the like. In thismethod, air is blown into the victims lungs through his month by directmouth-tomouth contact with the administering person. The physicalcontact between the parties has offered a psychological objection to theuse of this method of resuscitation even though it is highly effective.

It is, therefore, the principal object of this invention to provide animproved biblical tube to be used in mouth-tomouth resuscitation andwhich eliminates all of the psychological objections to such method ofresuscitation.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an improved biblicaltube that precludes the flow of saliva into the victims mouth from theperson administering the resuscitation.

-It is a still further object of the invention to provide an improvedbiblical tube that may be used without any direct person-to-personcontact between the parties.

A biblical tube embodying this invention is comprised of an elongatedhollow member having a victims end adapted to be inserted into a victimsmouth and another end adapted to be inserted in anothers mouth. Aclosure is formed at the victims end and at least one air outlet openingextends through the side of the hollow member adjacent the closure. Thespacing between the air outlet opening and the closure is sufiicient sothat the air outlet opening will lie within the mouth of the victim wheninserted therein but is sufiicient volume above the closure to provide asaliva trap. An air outlet opening is formed at the other end at asufi'icient distance to preclude direct person-to-person contact duringthe use of the device.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become more apparentas this description proceeds, particularly when considered inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view, with portions shown in section, ofa biblical tube embodying this invention and inserted in the mouths of avictim and administering person,

FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view taken 180 from FIGURE 1; and

FIGURE 3 is an end view showing the victims end of the tube.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, a biblical tube embodying thisinvention is identified generally by the reference numeral 11. Thebiblical tube 11 is comprised of an elongated hollow tubular member 12having a generally cylindrical shape. A longitudinally extendingcylindrical passage 13 extends substantially the full length of themember 12 coaxially with its outer periphery. A curved mouthpiece 14 isafi'ixed to one end of the tubular member 12 and has a generally arcuateshape that is adapted to engage the lips of an administering person,shown in phantom and identified generally by the reference numeral 15(FIG. 2). The mouthpiece 14 forms a seal between the lips of the person15 and the respective end of the biblical tube 11 so that substantiallyall of the air blown from the mouth of the person 14 will pass into thepassage 13 through the open upper endof the tubular member 12.

The lower end of the tubular member 12, which may be considered to be avictims end, is closed by a pair of side wall sections 16 and 1.7 thatconverge together and meet, as at 18, to form a closure for the victimsend of the biblical tube 11. The side wall sections 16 and 17 may beformed by any pressing operation and form a wedge-shaped section,indicated generally by the reference numeral 19, that serves to open themouth of a victim. The victim is illustrated in phantom and identifiedgenerally by the reference numeral 21. The converging side walls of thesection 19 have sufficient width to engage and depress the tongue of thevictim 21.

A pair of air outlet openings 22 are formed in the victims end of thetubular member 12 above the wedgeshaped sect-ion 19. The air outletopenings 22 are spaced close enough to the end closure 18 so that theywill lie within the mouth of the victim 21 when the victims end isproperly inserted but also lie a sufiicient distance above the endclosure 18 to provide a volume, indicated generally by the referencenumeral 23, that will function as a saliva trap. Any saliva leaving themouth of the administering person 15 will flow down the tubular member12 and collect in the trap 23 rather than passing into the victimsmouth.

A mouthpiece 24 is afiixed to the tubular member 12 adjacent the victimsend and is adapted to sealingly engage the lips of the victim 21(FIG. 1) so that substantially all of the air blown from the mouth ofthe administering person 15 will pass into the mouth of the victim 21.It will be noted that the mouthpieces 14 and 24 (FIG. 3) are offsetabout from each other. Thus, the biblical tube 11 is used with thebodies of the persons disposed at 90 to each other so that they will nothave to lie directly over each other. In addition, the mouthpieces 14and 24 are spaced sufiiciently so as to preclude any directperson-to-person contact and to provide sufficient spacing between thefaces of the victim and the administering person to remove anypsychological objection to the use of the disclosed biblical tube.

While it will be apparent that the preferred embodiments of theinvention disclosed are well calculated to fulfill the objects abovestated, it will be appreciated that the invention is susceptible tomodification, variation and change without departing from the properscope or fair meaning of the subjoined claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A mouth-to-mouth resuscitation device comprised of an elongatedhollow member having a victims end means for insertion into a victimsmouth and other end means for insertion in anothers mouth, a mouth pieceaffixed to said hollow member at said victims end means and adapted tosealingly engage a victims lips when said victims end means is insertedinto his mouth, means forming a closure for said victims end means, atleast one air outlet opening extending through the side of said hollowmember in said victims end means, said mouth piece being spaced fromsaid air outlet opening along said hollow member toward said other endmeans, said air outlet opening being spaced from said closure means asufficient distance to lie within the mouth of a victim when saidvictims end means is inserted therein, the spacing of said air outletopening from said closure means having sufiicient volume to provide asaliva trap in said victims end means, and an air inlet opening formedat said other end means, said air inlet and outlet openings being spacedsufiiciently to preclude direct person-to-per- 2. A resuscitation deviceas set forth in claim 1 further including a second mouthpiece affixed tothe hollow member adjacent the other end for sealingly engaging anotherpersons lips when said other end is inserted in the other persons mouth.

3. A resuscitation device as set forth in claim 2 wherein themouthpieces are offset about 90 from each other.

4. A mouth-to-mouth resuscitation device comprised of an elongatedhollow member having a victims end means for insertion into a victimsmouth and other end means for insertion in anothers mouth, a mouth pieceaffixed to said hollow member at said victims end means and adapted tosealingly engage a victims lips when said victims end means is insertedinto his mouth, means forming a closure for said victims end means, atleast one air out-let opening extending through the side of said hollowmember in said victims end means, said mouth piece being spaced fromsaid air outlet opening along said hollow member toward said other endmeans, said air outlet opening being spaced from said closure means asufficient distance to lie within the mouth of a victim when saidvictims end means is inserted therein, the spacing of said air outletopening from said closure means having suificient volume to provide asaliva trap in said victims end means, said closure means being formed'by converging side Wall sections of said hollow member, said convergingside wall sections forming wedge means for assisting in opening avictims mouth upon insertion, said sections having a substantiallygreater width than the remaining portion of said hollow member forengaging and depressing a victims tongue when inserted in his mouth, andan air inlet opening formed at said other end-means, said air inlet andoutlet'openings being spaced sufficiently to preclude directperson-to-person contact during the use of said resuscitation device.

5. A resuscitation device as set forth in claim 4 further includinganother mouthpiece fixedto the other end of said hollow member andadapted to sealingly engage another persons lipswhen inserted in hismouth.

6. A resuscitation device as set forth in claim 5 wherein themouthpieces are offset about 90 from each other.

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RICHARD A. GAUDET, Primary Examiner. K. L. HOWELL, Assistant Examiner.

